Gail Jacobs

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• I am passionate about equipping community leaders and people in general.• Master Trainer of the Community Capacity Enhancement (CCE) Methodology.• Part of the team who designed and developed the CCE material for the provincial training institute for government officials.• Coaching and mentoring:o individuals in their personal and professional capacities.o long term coaching of a CEO (ongoing for the last 3 years).o entrepreneurs in small businesses.o managers in leadership and line management positions.o run coaching and mentoring programmes.• As an accredited facilitator:o I have trained SMMEs, corporate companies, government officials, organisations, and civil society. o This included co-developing sustainable livelihood and job-creation initiatives.• Monitoring and evaluation(M&E):o Drafting M&E planso Training M&E planso Performing M&E• 42 years’ work experience in the social and economic development sectors gained in the Public, Private and Civil Society domain.• Project Management:o Conception to execution stage on various projects and initiatives.• Compiling successful applications for funding to submitting final reports tofunders on both national and international arenas.• A proponent of strength-based community development methodologies.• Serves on various boards relating to Arts, Food Security and Bursaries.• A career filled with initiatives in social responsibility and philanthropy.Education• Accredited Assessor and Facilitator• COMMENSA• B.Com Honours: Entrepreneurship• Urban and Rural Development• B.ED: Adult Education• B.Mus: Pianoforte and Organ• HDE: Secondary Education• Various courses over the yearsCurrent Philanthropy PositionsChairperson Paarl Valley Eisteddfod. Ensures good governance and building a network of funders and partners.Chairperson Athlone Institute Bursary Fund Project. Initiated the Alumni and started the Alumni Fund.Board Director Premium Social Investments Aftercare School ProgrammeTrustee Carmen Stevens NPO Provision of food to learners at WCED schools.Past Philanthropy Positions:Diocesan Trust MemberSaldanha Bay Diocese of the Anglican ChurchMentor Allan Gray Orbis FoundationDeputy Chair South African Women’s Enterprise Network (SAWEN)Memberships:COMMENSA Coaching and Mentors of South AfricaPhilanthropic Leadership Network in the Western Cape.

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Department of Health

Department Of Health

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  • Department Of Health
    Assistant Director: Support Services (Community Capacity Enhancement Training)
    Department Of Health Nov 2023 - Present
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Mentoring and training officials within rural services.• Facilitating community engagement training based on Western Cape Government: Community Capacity Enhancement Model, Violence Prevention, Whole of Government and Whole of Society Approach.• Drive and Co-ordinate primary Community Capacity Enhancement training within but not limited to Rural Health Services Area Based Team (ABT) / Violence Prevention Unit sites. • Develop and implement a mentoring, supervision and support model for master trainers in collaboration with managers and service colleagues. • Report on training done.• Project Management.• Report writing.• Develop a sustainability framework Community Capacity Enhancement.
  • Feet2Grow
    Executive Director
    Feet2Grow Jan 2021 - Present
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Facilitator and Assessor.• Strength based tools.• Facilitate Asset Based Community Development and Community Capacity Enhancement methodologies with communities, Civil Society and Government.• Life Skillso Facilitate a range of topics, such as leadership, conflict management, communication, decision-making, HIV and AIDS, sexual harassment and more.• Governance / Complianceo Facilitate sessions with CBOs (Community Based Organisations) and NGOs re compliance, meeting procedures, organisational development, strategic planning, fundraising and more.
  • Self Employment - Entrepreneur
    Contract Employment
    Self Employment - Entrepreneur Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
    Western Cape, South Africa
    2022/23 Appointed by DevCom to facilitate conversations on:- Development Communication matters and Leadership Training with Massmart management and staff.- Namibia, George, Mossel Bay and Cape Town.2022/23 Appointed by NACOSA (Networking HIV and AIDS Community of Southern Africa) to facilitate:- organisational development and capacity building workshops with NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations).- regarding governance, risk management, compliance sustainability and monitoring and evaluation.- Gauteng, Kimberley, George, Cape Town and Pretoria.2020Appointed by New World Foundation(NWF) to train their staff in the:- CCE/ABCD (CCE – Community Capacity Enhancement / ABCD – Asset Based Community Development) methodology.- implementing and co-developing the Eco Village with the agricultural, conservation and sports and wellness components.- including agri-processing with secured markets.Supporting the CEO to operate NWF as a Social Enterprise, with planned fund-raising events and working with the CFO on their Fund Development Plan 2030.Kick started the economic development component.2021Appointed by the GENS Chairperson (Gender for Energy Security in Poor Urban Environment) at Stellenbosch University as the Coordinator for a three year energy initiative at Groenheuwel Primary School in Groenheuwel.2021/2An associate of Whitehead Industrial Psychologists and co-facilitator of the ‘Resilient Life Rhythm’ course which raises awareness of Mental Health.Contracted by Fairtrade Africa to train management and employees on wine farms.
  • Radio Kc
    Executive Director
    Radio Kc May 2019 - Dec 2020
    Western Cape, South Africa
    • Managing a community radio station in Paarl with 8 full time and 40 part time staff and/or volunteers.• Implementing a turn-around strategy that included restructuring, addressing compliance and aligning programmes to global and local policies.• Fund development as a key component to ensure a sustainable organisation.• Secured funding for a four-and-a-half-year energy initiative with Stellenbosch University, KWV Foundation (Ko-operatiewe Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika) for Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme and the Athlone Institute Trust to produce programmes that would have social impact in the Paarl Valley.• Business leader to Kobus Smith, Principal of Groenheuwel Primary School as part of the Partners for Possibilities Programme. • Created links for the school with various organisations, such as a food distribution organisation and clothing for learners.
  • Self Employment - Entrepreneur
    Contract Emploments
    Self Employment - Entrepreneur Jan 2016 - Dec 2019
    Western Cape, South Africa
    2019Mobilsing resources and creating strategic linkages for Premium Social Investments which included co-managing the Ronwe Aftercare School Program at Ronwe Primary School and partnering with a skills centre to benefit previous Ronwe Aftercare learners. - Twenty learners attended the DCAS (DCAS – Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport) sponsored Holiday Program in December 2022.Developing programs and content for radio, specifically around the Arts, GBV (Gender Based Violence) and Socio-economic impact.Developed a programme to enable training for Fair Trade Africa agricultural workers, who were trained via the radio.2016 Part of government team as Master Trainer of the methodology for government officials and revising the material/tools. Contracted by the Department of Health to train health officials and facilitating the CCE methodology with the religious sector regarding GBV in Phillipi and Paarl.
  • Serve2Grow
    Managing Director
    Serve2Grow Sep 2017 - May 2019
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    Facilitated workshops and follow up sessions with Social Work Managers from the Western Cape Education Department on adopting strength-based approaches when dealing with clients.Facilitating CCE and ABCD for government and NGOs:• Part of team that train government officials one week per month at the Kromme Rhee Training Institute since October 2017.• Part of team who facilitated CCE with Ward Councillors in Saldanha Municipality in July 2018.• Designed material for the CCE manual.• In 2018, facilitated ABCD/CCE with the staff at Goedgedacht.The Carmen Stevens Foundation:• Coordination and establishment of food gardens at schools.• Liaising with stakeholders regarding the school feeding programme for over 5000 learners.• Developed the strategy to expand the provision of food to ECD centres, Primary Schools and High Schools beyond the City into Drakenstein and Overberg Districts. • Creating and building stakeholder relations on behalf of clients and building capacity of NGOs and CBOs.• Facilitated sessions with NGOs operating in Porterville, Saron, Gouda and Riebeeck Valley regarding NPO registration and compliance for Economic Development Solutions, the implementing agency for the Gouda Wind Farm.This included:• Mentoring and coaching.• An evaluation of the ECD.• Registration process.• Conducted an evaluation with recommendations to address ECD challenges in various Municipalities for Economic Development Solutions.Mentor and coach to the BEE Manager:The required BEE policies were implemented.Contracted after the Department of Health requested a comprehensive report and undertaking of BEE based on the work and report submitted by myself in 2011.Facilitated sessions with educators across the province regarding the new HIV/STI/TB Policy.CSI (Corporate Social Investment):• Liaise with potential partners and funders.• Offer support to NGOs.• Secured funding for various projects.• Initiated a Bursary Fund.• Manage the Alumni Events.
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  • West Coast Community Foundation
    Chief Executive Officer
    West Coast Community Foundation Jul 2016 - Aug 2017
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Managed and implemented the strategy and socio-economic programmes, with the focus on Community Philanthropy.• Expanded the footprint of the organisation and introduced them to the network of stakeholders and partners across the West Coast.• With my marketing and networking abilities, I positioned the organisation based in Malmesbury, and for the first time in its 16-years of existence, they were given a contract by the Swartland Municipality.• Designed and facilitated capacity building programmes and mentored and coached NGOs/CBOs/women/youth and adults on compliance and enterprise development, using the Asset Based Community Development Approach.• Secured funds and grants from philanthropic organisations.• Evaluated the funding proposals received and monitored the NGOs and CBOs to whom grants were disbursed.• Submitted reports to the funders and the Board of Directors.• Awarded a scholarship and attended the ‘Belong’ Community Foundations Conference 2017 in Ottawa Canada.• Member of the Philanthropic Leadership Network in the Western Cape.
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  • Western Cape Dept Agriculture
    Rural Development Co-Ordinator
    Western Cape Dept Agriculture Mar 2012 - Jun 2016
    Western Cape, South Africa
    We co-ordinate the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) on behalf of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. The CRDP focuses on supporting the IDP in rural wards by following a holistic approach that includes Social Facilitation, Social Upliftment, Infrastructure Development and Economic Development. This approach allows the three levels of government to plan their actions together.• Coordinated and facilitated the implementation of the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme in the Western Cape, with the focus on collaborative initiatives of private/public/civil society regarding socio-economic development.• Responsible for the programme in the Central Karoo, Garden Route, Overberg and West Coast.• Ensured communities understood the terminology of global and national policies and encouraged them to participate in the Integrated Development Planning process.• Established and co-managed the operations of the community driven NPOs per rural node, in terms of development needs.• Provided regular and ongoing coaching and mentoring to the 45 NPOs over three years.• Was able to persuade and influence officials to allocate budgets into the most vulnerable wards in the province, especially the Central Karoo.• Submitted and presented the quarterly progress report to officials in Gauteng.• Part of management delegation who met with officials at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome and the Agricultural College in Beaune, France in November 2014.
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  • Mpilisweni Consortium
    Bee Manager
    Mpilisweni Consortium Mar 2009 - Feb 2012
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    As the BEE Manager, I had to ensure compliance and implementation of the BEE scorecard for the Consortium partners and Co-contractors operating at Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital.• Institutionalised the BEE component of the contract for Vuya Investments.• Initiated, implemented, monitored and evaluated all BEE functions with special focus on Procurement, Skills Development and Corporate Social Investment.• The Supplier Development Programme increased local procurement and gave recognition to micro small businesses in the Mitchells Plan area.• Established and coordinated Corporate Social Investment initiatives between government and amongst the co-contractors that impacted the clients at the hospital and the local community.• Initiated and liaised with the Western Cape Department of Agriculture for the implementation of a Food Garden for clients.• This garden is now managed by Nigel Rudling, a partner of Feet2Grow.• Encouraged and created synergistic relationships amongst the co-contractors which were lauded by the Hospital Management Team.
  • Pgwc
    Plek Plan Manager
    Pgwc Feb 2008 - Jan 2009
    • Liaised and interacted with municipalities regarding:o Local Economic Development strategies.o Implementation of programmes.o Updated their profiles.o Writing business plans and the evaluation thereof for job creation initiatives.
  • Self Employment - Entrepreneur
    Contract Employment
    Self Employment - Entrepreneur Jan 2001 - Dec 2008
    Western Cape, South Africa
    2008 Developed and managed an entrepreneurial programme for 100 entrepreneurs for Hope Africa in Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Western Cape.2006/7 Assessment, life skills and financial literacy for 1000 learners for NuEra.2004/5 Facilitated life skills training to Grade 7’s in Clanwilliam.2002 – 4 Lectured on business skills to Life skills students at UCT and UWC.2001 Contract with UCT to conduct Life skills workshops in Clanwilliam and workshop with Government officials in Kimberley
  • Library Business Corner
    Ceo
    Library Business Corner Jan 2000 - Jan 2008
    I adapted the ICT initiative and implemented the concept whereby we 'packaged' and placed relevant business information (i.e. books, articles, newspapers, etc) in a dedicated area within public libraries to enable SMMEs to make the necessary business associations. We offered a range of business related services, e.g. network/sector sessions through various business practitioners.
  • Cape Town Small Business
    Program Manager
    Cape Town Small Business Feb 2000 - Jul 2000
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Business advice officer.• Enterprise development and mentoring.• Arranged monthly business-related workshops for clients and the network of business support organisations.• Facilitated sessions with corporates and academic institutions for the benefit of entrepreneurs.
  • Mengos
    Office Manager
    Mengos Jan 1982 - Dec 1999
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Coordinated and arranged meetings and network sessions for member organisations in the most remote rural areas of the Province.• Facilitated capacity building sessions for NGOs and entrepreneurs.
  • York Road Primary School
    Educator: Head Of Music Department (Instrumental Music)
    York Road Primary School Jan 1982 - Jun 1998
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Music specialist and Life Skills educator.• Secretary of the York Road Parent Teacher Association.• Initiator/coordinator of many social responsibility projects.• Initiated and sourced funding for an entrepreneurial project for Grade 7 learners, who raised funds to purchase resources for local Early Childhood Centres.• Initiated the Vivace Arts Festival, where 23 schools participated showcasing the talents of learners.• Arranged the annual school fete.• Arranged musical and mediator camps.• Coordinated the annual musical plays or concerts.
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